Strategic Information Service
The Strategic Information Service is going to be your first port of call when looking for support on market towns. Accessible to AMT members, it will contain a range of information including:
- key statistics relating to market towns
- glossary of terms to help you navigate your way through the public sector and world of creating strategies and formulating policy
- articles and features on market town issues
If you are trying to write a strategy or plan for your town, or if you want to understand how to input into a local or regional plan, please check here for help. If you cannot find what you are looking for, then please contact AMT’s Policy Manager at: alison.eardley@towns.org.uk
If you are not currently a member of AMT, but think this may be of use to you, then find out more about the benefits of joining by clicking here


Market towns have been hard hit by the recession, with unemployment overall rising by a third more than in the nation as a whole. Shop vacancies have increased and empty shops are getting harder to let.